Katrina: New Orleans

Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina cover a portion of New Orleans, La., Aug. 30, 2005, a day after Katrina passed through the city.

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A man carries a bucket of beer out of a grocery store in New Orleans, Aug. 30, 2005, as floodwaters continue to rise in the city after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.

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New Orleans residents walk through the floodwaters that besiege the Crescent City, Aug. 30, 2005.

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New Orleans firefighters attempt to extinguish a blaze at a downtown business, Aug. 30, 2005. Hurricane Katrina has virtually shut down the city of New Orleans, with much of the area flooded and the cities resources stretched thin.

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Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina flow over a levee along Inner Harbor Navigaional Canal near downtown New Orleans, Aug. 30, 2005.

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Kenrin Robertson, right, of Violet, La., gets a dollar for his sixth birthday from Lynn Joslin of New Orleans in the gymnasium at Louisiana State University at Shreveport, La., Aug. 30, 2005. Robertson's family sang "Happy Birthday" to the youngster as they sat around him on an air mattress in the makeshift shelter for refugees of Hurricane Katrina.

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A New Orleans resident walks through floodwaters next to the University of New Orleans, Aug. 30, 2005.

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Looters make their way into and out of a grocery store in New Orleans, Aug. 30, 2005.

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The city of New Orleans is inundated with water, Aug. 30, 2005.

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Residents wait atop a roof as floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets of New Orleans, Aug. 30, 2005.

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New Orleans residents Sharon Parker, left, helps her niece Kristan Parker, center, and her sister (Kristan's mother)Wanda Parker use a small boat to negotiate floodwaters near their home after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, dumping torrential rain and bringing 140 mph winds with it.

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A woman walks through chest-deep water as she heads to a grocery store in New Orleans, Aug. 30, 2005.

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Rescue workers take residents to a ramp on Interstate 10 after a tidal surge from Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed a levee, Aug. 29, 2005, in New Orleans.

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Griffen Eleby stands near his Chrysler sedan in downtown New Orleans, Aug. 29, 2005. The car was crushed by falling bricks as Hurricane Katrina made landfall east of New Orleans.

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An unidentified resident deals with the high waters from Hurricane Katrina as he awaits rescue, Aug. 29, 2005, in the 8th Ward of New Orleans.

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New Orleans residents walk through chest deep floodwater after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Louisiana coast, Aug. 29, 2005.

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Canal Street is flooded a day after Hurricane Katrina blew through August 30, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Trees litter the streets in the uptown section of New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina pounds the Crescent City, Aug. 29, 2005.